Funnel.



l. HUTZELMAN & BERESFORD.

FUNNEL APPLICATION man NOV-1,19I5.

rammed May '14, 1918.

INVENTORS wngsszyzs BY UNITED rA NT F mE.

JOHN'IHUTZE'LI'MAN AND jIG NACIO BEaE'sFoRn," 0F SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA;

SAID' BERESFORD ASSIGNOR TO SAID HUTzELMA v.

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Specification or Letters Patent. Patented nlay-14',

Application filed mamer 1, 1915. Serial 59,129.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN HUTZELMAN and IcNAcIo BERESFORD, citizens of the UnitedStates, residing at Warner Springs,-

in the countyo-f San Diego and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'F1l11116lS, of which the following is a specification. i Object ofourinvention isto provide a new and improved funnel which includes; means "to actuate the closure valve atithie time the fluid in a container, connection with which the funnel is being used, reaches a desired height, and improved meansfQr' moving the closure valve to an open posi' tlon when such lsdesired.

Another'object of our invention is to provide a funnel which includes meansfor remining the closure valve in an open'posi tion which is designed'to prevent the 'a'cci dental displacement of the valve, under o-r-' dinary circumstancesfand thus assure the uniform"distributionof the contents of the funnel to a container.

themeans for actuating "the closure valve is adjustable ina manner that may permit the operator 'to'soposition the same that the "actuation of the closure valve may be con'-' trolled accordingly. i p

Astill further object'of our invention is to provide a device of the type in question that is extremely simple in construction, strong and durable and'highly practical from both the standpointof themanufacturer arid the's't'andpoint of"the7userj and which, it is believed, may be manufactured" A further ob-ject of our invention is'to provide a new and'lmproved funnel, wherein,

F 2 isa View in cross section taken'on a" lineslightly above the closure valve;

Fig. 3 is a view in line3-3 of Fig. l; o I v Fig. 4 is a view inside elevation showing .fioat being shown in-section, and

Fig: 51$ a detail YiW' of thefloa't. i In the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the" body portion. of the funnel which cross section taken "on A closure 5 means for actuating the closure valve, the

p i I p 11 at its -1owe1;*ene to form a funnel of substantially thecohvenper terminus ofthe mouth piece inorder'to adequately close the outlet passage" of the funnelfij This valve carries" an arm 15 throughthe medium of brackets 16 by which it may be pivotally connected 10 as at 1 7.. In order to retain the closure val venormally in the closed positio nspring to the body 18 is provided that acts upon thea'rm 15 1n thema'nner shown in Figs. 1 and '2. The arm 15 is also provided with an eyelet 19vvhich may be" engaged by thehandle 20 for moving the closure valve position such as will be presently described.

catch21 is pivotallymounted upon the body was i the arm 15 at certain times to retain the closure valve in 'an'open'positionf The way 10c-a'rries a rod 23 which is slidably mounted through brackets 24 thereof, the upward end of this rod being bent as at 25 and being connected with the catch 21 as at 26, while its other end is bent and extends downwardly within the groove 12 of the mouth piece 11 and projects upwardly Within the said mouth piece as shown at 27. The bracket 28 on the body 10 pivotally supports an arm '29, the inner end of which is connected with the rod 23 as at 30, while a Weight 31 is arranged upon the arm adjacent its outer end so as to normally exert the upward pressure upon the rod 23. That portion of the rod 23 which projects into the mouth piece 11 is provided with a series of teeth 32 adjacent its end, while other teeth 33 are formed adjacent the point of bending at 22 which is designed toenga ge to an open 1 tion of the rod, the same being provided with an opening 36 for receiving" the rod.

and pawls 37 for engagement with the teeth 32 and 33 to retain the same in various adjusted positions. In view of this particular construction, it will be readily recognized that the float may be adjusted longitudinally of the mouth piece 11, either higher or lower in order to actuate the closure valve in the manner which will be presently described, when the fluid in the container (not shown) reaches the desired height.

In the operation of my invention, the operator first adjusts the float 35 to the desired point, after which the funnel may be placed in an operative position with respect to the container. The operator then grasps the handle 20 and moves the closure valve to a osition whereby the arm 15 will be engaged by the catch 21 and held in an open position. As the fluid. in the container reaches the desired height, the float 35 will be moved upwardly by action of the fluid which will, of course, cause the rod 23 to move in a similar direction and thus withdraw the catch 21 from engagement with the arm 15. When this occurs, the closure valve ill be moved by action of the spring 18 into the position shown in full lines in Fig. l to adequately close the outlet passage of the funnel. By employing the arm 29 and the weight 31 and arranging the same in the position, the float 35 does not have to be of the usual diameter, since the operation of the rod 23 is greatly aided by the weighted arm.

The teeth 33 provides means for holding the float 35 at the lower end of the vertical portion 27 of the arm 23. Provision is thus had for an extreme adjustment of the float.

The arm 29 provides convenient means for operating the part 23 when it is desired to release the valve 14: to admit of its closing. This arm 29 also provides for a nicety of operation of the float 35 by moving the weight 31 thereon so as to counter-balance the float 35 and the parts associated there- 'with. By having the weight-3l adjustable on the arm 29 resistance to the operation of the float 35 may be compensated for.

I From the foregoing, it is believed that the advantages and novel features of our invention will be readily understood and therefore further detailed description is deemed unnecessary.

In reducing our invention to practice, we find that the form referred to herein is the most practical and preferred embodiment is the most eflicient, but realizing that certain conditions will necessarily vary in concurrence with the adoption of our device, we desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in the details of construction and in the proportion of parts may be re sorted to when required without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as ne and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In combination with a funnel, a valve within the lower portion of the funnel and hinged thereto, a catch supported within the funnel for holding the valve open, a rod exterior to the funnel and having its upper end extending over and into the fun nel and connected with the catch, a float at the lower end of the rod to be actuated by the liquid for automatically disengaging the catch from the valve, and a weighted arm pivoted to the funnel and connected with the said rod to exert an upward pressure thereon.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HUTZELMAN. IGNACIO BERESFORD.

Witnesses:

E. BATGHELDER, JOHN YERGER.

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